Each group had a composite “top five” (except Andy, of course, who just had his actual top five). You’d be amazed at the variety of the lists. Twenty-one different artists received at least one vote from a blogger or a pro. Ten different artists made it on to the composite top fives.

Once again, here’s the page they were drawing:

PAGE 6
1) The Killer FIRES right at us with the other Uzi; a deep perspective, in-yer-face image —

KILLER
EAT IT!

2) Batman DIVES through a narrow serving hatch which leads from the back of the living room into the kitchen; the trail of bullet impacts tracks him relentlessly —

3) Over the shoulder shot. The Killer aims into the darkened, open doorway of the kitchen. Blackness within.

KILLER
THAT’S RIGHT, FREAK! YOU BETTER HIDE!

4) Same angle. The Killer swings the weapon to the right, now aiming through the open bedroom doorway – straight at the BABY GIRL, who stands in her cot, watching quietly, oblivious as to what’s about to happen…

BABY
(jagged)
WAAAAAH!

KILLER
NOW THEN. WHERE AS I… ?

5) The Killer FIRES – just as Batman SWINGS IN from the kitchen door-frame, KICKING the Uzi aside! It fires wild, up and away —

KILLER
(off-panel right)
.OH YEAH …

6) Batman delivers a powerful and precise STRAIGHT-LEG KICK, his body tilted back to line up perfectly along the line of force, delivering every foot-pound of pressure straight into the Killer’s abdomen. The Killer flies back as if his butt was tied to a speeding car, the machine pistol spinning from his hand —

Rebecca Gunter

Thanks for the votes and considerations, I’m honored to be in the top 3! A big congrats to Gerard Straker, to all the mentioned artists, and especially to those who learned what will make their pages rock even harder next round.

Nitzan Rotschild

I would happily pay 4 bucks a month for books drawn by these artists. Are they working professionaly? If so, I’d appreciate if someone could provide some of the title names. If not, DC & Marvel, wake up!

Whoever drew that has a much better grasp of time and movement than every single other entry for this competition. I feel like the people who voted in the comments weren’t REALLY paying attention to the intricacies of sequential story telling and the dynamics of body-motion, because if so, this page would have gotten alot more attention.

Again, i’m not saying the winners were bad. but there’s definitely a greenness to them that Davinder Brar’s page DIDN’T have.

Keith Champagne

Very nice. I agree that the results were very satisfying, and I’d just like to note how organized the voting was, so thank you to all the four groups. I was slightly skeptical about how the voting would carry out, but you guys definitely did a great job in deciding the finalists. With that said, congrats to Gerard Striker on his fantastic page =]
Hope to see you all next month.

@Brian Cronin Thanks for organizing this whole event, as there were A LOT of people who enthusiastically participated, and are waiting for more. I know that the next contest will be posted on the temptations page, but is there a certain date you intend to post next months contest?

Peter Fodor

Brian Cronin

Polls worry me because they’re easier to flood with votes. It’s one thing for people to get a link and just click on a button, it’s a whole other thing to get a link and then actually fill out a ballot with five people’s names on it. The latter requires enough extra effort that I think you get more “honest” votes.

I’d rather a few hundred well-thought-out ballots than a few thousand quick clicks (at least for something like this, where you’re judging people who put a lot of time and effort into their art).

Clementine Pumpernickel

Daniel, sorry to disagree with you, but personally, my two ‘stand-out’ entries were Flores and Stanton: Flores for his two panel ‘looking over the shoulder of the psycho” [which was an excellent example of panel to panel] and his bold spot blacking, and Stanton for that unbelievable kick in the middle panel [I did vote for Brar, at third place I think]. It’s funny how much personal taste differs; my ‘top ten writers and artists’ [for the big CBR vote a couple of months ago] was a very different list from the final tally.

At the end of the day, I don’t make a living out of comicbook art, and I’m happy to say that the top five are all excellent entries, and they deserve the kudos that they get from a fair judging system that involved both the fanboys like myself, and -importantly- the pros. Congrats to all involved- it’s a brave thing entering a contest like this [I didn’t], and you’ve all done bang-up jobs.